Re: fighters (shorter than the last rant)

At 11:15 AM -0700 5/13/02, Brian Bilderback wrote:
>>From: Ryan M Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
>
>>Traditionally Interceptors have been either big and fast with lots 
>>of stores or somewhere below that. Their primary tactic wasn't to 
>>dogfight per say, rather to make slashing tactics on the target at 
>>high speed.
>
>I think maybe we should get away from calling them Interceptors, 
>since that conjures up images of modern interceptors.	The 
>Interceptors in FT actually feel more like superiority fighters. 
>See the post I just sent out.

The problem is that we've already got a naming scheme confusion. 
Fighters that should be called Attack Space Craft/Planes. If we call 
them bombers, then we're running over my still to be played anymore 
bomber idea with a mass 2-3 craft designed to run the role of the 
B-24/25/17 in the maritime role. A B-25 Gunship role would be pretty 
neat. 3 bombers that can rip open a DD in one pass just like the B-25 
gunships did.

Additionally, its really a question of how far you really go in the 
design and what compromises you make. The A-12 (The SR-71s older 
brother) was being tested as an interceptor. It would have had an 
amazing interception range if it were placed into production and 
service. Not exactly a dog fighter by any means, it would have 
handled intercepts (from my understanding) by means of ground control 
to a target with terminal guidance using it's own radar and some 
means of firing it's rather large nuke equipped AIM-54 like (really 
it's predecessor iirc) missile at it's target.

Pretty much the ultimate in terms of interception capabilities with 
almost zero response capability from the 'intercept-ee'.
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